mitt romney, he's hit four today, florida, virginia, ohio and new hampshire. if he wins those four and the other state we think he's going to win, that gets him at 270. they're both on their short path today to 270, hopeful pass. >> chuck, we've been hearing an awful lot about ground game, and enthusiasm. who has the edge? and which of those two matters the most? >> reporter: well, i think in this day and age when so many people vote, we don't have election day anymore, we have election month, essentially the month of october is when voting season begins. i think the ground game may mean as much or if not more and could trump enthusiasm. the romney people believe the old rules of politics apply to them. the candidate that has the more enthusiastic base of supporters, they'll be the ones that show up, the quote, walk on broken glass, show up to the polls no matter what the weather is. the obama campaign is very much based on metrics. they've identified -- they believe they've identified almost every one of their voters and trying to get them vote any day betwee